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systolic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Systole \Sys"to*le\, n. (Physiol. & Biol.) The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up also the contraction of a rhythmically pulsating contractile vacuole; -- correlative to {diastole}. -- {Sys*tol"ic}, a. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Systolic \Sys*tol"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as systolic murmur. --Dunglison.
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